Walk Righteously with One True Almighty God Jehovah/Yahweh

Walk in righteousness with God Jehovah/Yahweh

Micah : 6 : 8

“He has told you, O earthling man, what is good. And what is Jehovah asking back from you but to exercise justice and to love kindness and to be modest in walking with your God?”

Our Almighty One True Eternal God has blessed us in so many ways, in return, He has asked of us to exercise justice in whatever circumstances, be compassionate, be kind, honest in our dealings and also to be humble in all our ways in walking with Him.

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Isaiah : 45 : 21-24

“Turn to ME and be saved, all YOU [at the] ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no one else. By my own self I have sworn—out of my own mouth in righteousness the word has gone forth, so that it will not return—that to me every knee will bend down, every tongue will swear, saying, “Surely in Jehovah there are full righteousness and strength.”

There is no other God besides ME, I AM the One True Eternal & Almighty God Jehovah/Yahweh, a Righteous God and Savior. 

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Psalms : 129 : 4

“Jehovah is righteous. He has cut in pieces the ropes of the wicked ones.”

God hates those that practices wickedness and those that are evil at heart, He will certainly annihilate them and they’ll be remembered no more.

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Proverbs : 12 : 28

“In the path of righteousness there is life, and the journey in its pathway means no death.”

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Proverbs : 11 : 3-4

“The integrity of the upright ones is what leads them, but distortion by those dealing treacherously will despoil them. Valuable things will be of no benefit on the day of fury, but righteousness itself will deliver from death.”

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Proverbs : 15 : 9

“The way of the wicked one is something detestable to Jehovah, but the one pursuing righteousness He loves.”

God detest wickedness but loves righteousness!

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Proverbs : 28 : 5

“Men given to badness cannot understand judgment, but those who are seeking Jehovah can understand everything.”

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Isaiah : 61 : 1-3

“The spirit of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah is upon me, for the reason that Jehovah has anointed me to tell good news to the meek ones. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to those taken captive and the wide opening [of the eyes] even to the prisoners;  to proclaim the year of goodwill on the part of Jehovah and the day of vengeance on the part of our God; to comfort all the mourning ones; to assign to those mourning over Zion, to give them a headdress instead of ashes, the oil of exultation instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of the downhearted spirit; and they must be called big trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, for [him] to be beautified.”

Jehovah God in Christ Jesus has appointed anointed ones to proclaim the good news of His name and His Glory to the whole world.

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Hosea : 10 : 12

“Sow seed for yourselves in righteousness; reap in accord with loving-kindness. Till for yourselves arable land, when there is time for searching for Jehovah until He comes and gives instruction in righteousness to YOU.”

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2 Timothy : 4 : 8

“From this time on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me as a reward in that day, yet not only to me, but also to all those who have loved his manifestation.”

A crown is reserved! A crown of Righteousness, waiting in the heavens, for those who loves our Almighty Eternal One True God Jehovah/Yahweh and His Only Begotten Son, Jesus/Yahshua, our Messiah.

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Proverbs : 16 : 6

“By loving-kindness and trueness error is atoned for, and in the fear of Jehovah one turns away from bad.”

In the fear of our Lord God Jehovah/Yahweh, one will indeed slide away from doing wickedness and crookedness because by that awe of fear in Him, we are bestowed with wisdom and understanding so that we can distinguish right from wrong.

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Proverbs : 14 : 27

“The fear of Jehovah is a well of life, to turn away from the snares of death.”

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Romans : 15 : 9-13

Paul welcomes the non-Israelites, the Gentiles, to the knowledge of the One True God Jehovah/Yahweh, telling them to be glad of that and always be in praising the name of our Almighty Eternal True God Jehovah and openly acknowledging and proclaiming His Holy name.  In return, God will bless them bountifully. Paul also bore the good news about Jesus/Yahshua, our Messiah, the root of Jesse, the one who will rule the nations and where all the hope of the world rests.

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James : 2 : 13

“For the one that does not practice mercy will have [his] judgment without mercy. Mercy exults triumphantly over judgment.”

Exercise showing mercy just as Jehovah/Yahweh God has shown us mercy by giving us His Son, Our Messiah, Jesus/Yahshua to atone for all our sins.

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Isaiah : 66 : 2

“Now all these things my own hand has made, so that all these came to be,” is the utterance of Jehovah. “To this one, then, I shall look, to the one afflicted and contrite in spirit and trembling at my word.”

Jehovah/Yahweh God will always deliver those in troubled times; those that are kind in heart, merciful, compassionate, righteous and at all times in the awe and love for Him.

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Isaiah : 61 : 1

The Spirit of God is upon the anointed righteous ones of the earth.

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Isaiah : 57 : 15-16

“For this is what the High and Lofty One, who is residing forever and whose name is holy, has said: “In the height and in the holy place is where I reside, also with the one crushed and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly ones and to revive the heart of the ones being crushed. For it will not be to time indefinite that I shall contend, nor perpetually that I shall be indignant; for because of me the spirit itself would grow feeble, even the breathing creatures that I myself have made.”

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Isaiah : 57 : 21

“There is no peace,” my God has said, “for the wicked ones.”

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Matthew : 5 : 3-16

The Kingdom of heaven belongs to those who are conscious of the spiritual need which is “Food for the Soul”. Be the light that shines onto men and be the salt that does not lose its strength and flavor of righteousness to the world.

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Genesis : 5 : 22

Enoch, the man who pleased God, walked righteously with our Almighty God Jehovah/Yahweh.

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Genesis : 6 : 8-9

Jehovah/Yahweh God found favor in Noah because he walked righteously with the True God, Noah proved himself faultless in many ways and some of his traits were being merciful, kind, compassionate, honest in all dealings and also humble in spirit.

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Malachi : 2 : 6

“The very law of truth proved to be in his mouth, and there was no unrighteousness to be found on his lips. In peace and in uprightness he walked with me, and many were those whom he turned back from error.”

Jehovah/Yahweh declares He will protect and bless those when there is no perverseness upon their lips and their hearts no deceitfulness and wickedness abounding. 

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Revelation : 3 : 4-5

“‘Nevertheless, you do have a few names in Sar´dis that did not defile their outer garments, and they shall walk with me in white ones, because they are worthy.  He that conquers will thus be arrayed in white outer garments; and I will by no means blot out his name from the book of life, but I will make acknowledgment of his name before my Father and before his angels.”

Jesus/Yahshua declares that those who endures and conquers evilness and wickedness and have no defilement of their hearts, soul and spirit by walking in purity will be counted worthy in the eyes of Almighty Eternal One True God and Father Jehovah/Yahweh. This gives us the entitlement to be arrayed in white outer garments and our names in the Book of Life.

 

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Words for the Young – Words that “Need” Global Circulation

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“Children, obey your parents in the Master: for this is right. Honor thy father and thy mother; which is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the [new] earth.” (Ephesians 6:1). Children who dishonor their parents, and disobey them, and disregard their advice and instructions, can have no part in the earth made new. The purified new earth will be no place for the rebellious, the disobedient, the unthankful, ungrateful son or daughter. Unless such learn obedience and submission here, they will never learn the lesson hereafter; and the peace of the ransomed will never be marred by the disobedient, unruly, unsubmissive children. No commandment-breaker can inherit the kingdom of heaven. Will all the youth please read the fifth commandment spoken by Jehovah from Sinai, and engraven with his own finger upon tables of stone. “Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Master thy Yahuwah giveth thee.” (Exodus 20:12). “Children, obey your parents in all things; for this is well-pleasing unto the Master.”

There are many passages of Scripture that are plain, instructing the young, showing them clearly the will of Yahuwah concerning them. These plain teachings they must meet in the Judgment. Yet there is not one young man or woman in twenty who professes the present truth, who heeds these Bible teachings. They do not read the word of Yahuwah enough to know its claims upon them, and yet these truths will judge them in the great day of Yahuwah, when young and old will be judged according to the deeds done in the body.

Says John, “I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of Yahuwah abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof; but he that doeth the will of Yahuwah abideth forever.”  (1 John 2:14-17).

This exhortation to young men extends also to young women. Their youth does not excuse them from the responsibilities resting upon them. The youth are strong. They are not worn down with the weight of years, and with cares. Their affections are ardent, and if they are withdrawn from the world, and placed upon Yahushua and heaven, doing the will of Yahuwah, they will have a hope of the better life that is enduring, and they will abide forever, being crowned with glory, honor, immortality, eternal life. If the youth live to gratify the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, they are seeking for the things of the world, are pleasing their great adversary, and separating themselves from the Father. And when these things that are sought after pass away, their hopes are blighted and their expectations perish. Separated from Yahuwah, then they will bitterly repent their folly of serving their own pleasure, of gratifying their own desires, and for a few frivolous enjoyments, of selling a life of immortal bliss that they might have enjoyed forevermore. “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world,” says the inspired apostle. Then the warning, “If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” It is an alarming fact that the love of the world predominates in the minds of the young. They decidedly love the world and the things that are in the world, and for this very reason the love of Yahuwah finds no room in their hearts. Their pleasures are found in the world, and in the things of the world, and they are strangers to the Father and the graces of his Spirit. Frivolity and fashion, and empty, vain talking and laughing, characterize the life of the youth generally, and Yahuwah is dishonored. Paul exhorts the youth to sobriety: “Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.”  (Titus 2:6-8).

I entreat the youth for their souls’ sake to heed the exhortation of the inspired apostle. All these gracious instructions, warnings, and reproofs, will be either a savor of life unto life or of death unto death. Many of the young are reckless in their conversation. They choose to forget that by their words they shall be justified, or by their words be condemned. Take heed to the words of our Saviour: “A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things; and an evil man out the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of Judgment; for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” (Matthew 12:35-36). How little regard is paid even to the instructions of the heavenly Teacher! The word of Yahuwah is either not studied at all, or if it is, its solemn truths are not heeded, and these plain truths will rise up in Judgment and condemn them.

    Words and acts testify plainly what is in the heart. If vanity and pride, love of self and love of dress, fill the heart, the conversation will be upon the fashions, the dress, and the appearance, but not upon Yahushua or the kingdom of heaven. If envious feelings dwell in the heart, the same will be manifested in words and acts. Those who measure themselves by others, and do as others do, and make no higher attainments, and excuse themselves over the wrongs and faults of others, are feeding on husks, and will remain spiritual dwarfs as long as they gratify the Devil by thus indulging their own unconsecrated feelings. Some dwell upon what they shall eat and drink and wherewithal they shall be clothed. Their hearts are filled with these thoughts, and they flow out from the abundance of the heart, as though these things were their grand aim in life, their highest attainment. They forget the words of Yahushua,”Seek ye first the kingdom of Yahuwah and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.”  (Matthew 6:33).

Satan is gratified to have the attention of youth attracted by anything to divert their minds from Yahuwah, so that the deceiver can steal a march upon them, and they, unprepared for his attacks, be ensnared. They are not aware that the heavenly Artist is taking cognizance of every act, every word, and their deportment; and that even the thoughts and intents of the heart stand faithfully delineated. Every defect in the moral character stands forth revealed to the gaze of angels, and they will have the faithful picture presented to them in all its deformity at the execution of the Judgment. Those vain, frivolous words are all written in the book. Those false words are written. Those deceptive acts, with the motives concealed from human eyes, but discerned by the all-seeing eye of Jehovah, are all written in living characters. Every selfish act is exposed. The young generally conduct themselves as though the precious hours of probation, while mercy lingers, were one grand holiday, and that they are placed in this world simply for their own amusement, to be gratified by a continued round of excitement.

Satan has been making special efforts to lead the youth to find happiness in worldly amusements, and to justify themselves in thus doing, by endeavoring to show that these amusements are harmless, innocent, and even important to health. The impression has been given by some physicians that spirituality and devotion to Yahuwah are detrimental to health. This suits the adversary of souls well. There are persons with diseased imaginations who do not rightly represent the religion of Yahushua; such have not the pure religion of the Bible. Some are scourging themselves all through their life because of their sins; all they can see is an offended Yahuwah of justice. Yahushua and his redeeming power, through the merits of his blood, they fail to see. Such have not faith. This class are generally those who have not well-balanced minds. Through disease transmitted to them from their parents, and an erroneous education in youth, they have imbibed wrong habits, injuring the constitution, affecting the brain causing the moral organs to be diseased, and making it impossible for them upon all points to think and act rationally. They have not well-balanced minds. Yahuwahliness and righteousness are not destructive to health, but are health to the body and strength to the soul. Says Peter: “He that will love life, and see good days, . . . let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it: for the eyes of the Master are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers; but the face of the Master is against them that do evil.” (1 Peter 3:10) “But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye; and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled.”  (1 Peter 3:14).

The consciousness of right doing is the best medicine for diseased bodies and minds. The special blessing of Yahuwah resting upon the receiver is health and strength. A person whose mind is quiet and satisfied in Yahuwah is in the pathway to health. To have a consciousness that the eyes of the Master are upon us, and his ears open to hear our prayers, is a satisfaction indeed. To know that we have a never-failing Friend in whom we can confide all the secrets of the soul, is a privilege which words can never express. Those whose moral faculties are beclouded by disease, are not the ones to rightly represent the life of Yahushua, or the beauties of holiness. They are often in the fire of fanaticism, or the water of cold indifference or stolid gloom.

The words of Yahushua are of more worth than the opinions of all the physicians in the universe. “Seek ye first the kingdom of Yahuwah and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” This is the first great object–the kingdom of Heaven, the righteousness of Yahushua.  Other objects to be attained should be secondary to these.

By: Ellen White
Review & Herald
March 30, 1886

We have taken out from the original article all pagan names and titles of the Father and Son, and have replaced them with the original given names. Furthermore, we have restored in the Scriptures quoted the original names of the Father and Son, as they were originally written by the inspired writers of the Bible.

-WLC Team

Counsel for Kings and Rulers – Proverbs 21 to 31

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom:

a good understanding have all they that do His commandments:

His praise endureth for ever.

Psalms 111:10

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Proverbs 21 to 30   =  Counsel for Kings and Rulers

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“Self-Control” – a guarded mouth makes for a serene soul.

*He that is keeping his mouth and his tongue is keeping his soul

from distresses.*

Proverbs : 21:23

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“Reputation” – choose a good name rather than great riches.

*A name is to be chosen rather than abundant riches; favor is better

than even silver and gold.*

Proverbs : 22:1

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“Soberness” – red wine is colorful but calamitous.

*Do not look at wine when it exhibits a red color, when it gives off its

sparkle in the cup, [when] it goes with a slickness.

Proverbs : 23:31

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“Counsel” – the sober judgment of a sane thinking group is more

reliable than your own opinion.

*For by skillful direction you will carry on your war,

and in the multitude of counselors there is salvation.*

Proverbs : 24:6

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“Women” – better solitude on top of the house than sojourning in the

house with a nagging woman.

*Better is it to dwell upon a corner of a roof than with a contentious wife,

although in a house in common.*

Proverbs : 25:24

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“Gossip” – fire goes out when fuel gives out; scandal stops when mouths are stopped.

*Where there is no wood the fire goes out, and where there is

no slanderer contention grows still.*

Proverbs : 26:20

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“Tomorrow” – there is never a tomorrow, only today.

Get it done now, for now soon becomes then.

*Do not make your boast about the next day, for you do not know what a day will give birth to.*

Proverbs : 27:1

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“Understanding” – rank does not guarantee an understanding heart.

*A leader that is in want of true discernment is also abundant in fraudulent practices,

but he that is hating unjust profit will prolong [his] days.*

Proverbs : 28:16

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“Bribes” – seek justice and our land shall stand; accept bribes and it will fall.

*By justice a king makes a land keep standing, but a man out for bribes tears it down.*

Proverbs : 29:4

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“Security” – a trust in Yahweh/Jehovah Almighty God in heavens above is the only safe soul armor.

*Every saying of God is refined. He is a shield to those taking refuge in him.*

Proverbs : 30:5

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The DOOR to WISDOM

 

PROVERBS CHAPTER 8

The Discourse of Wisdom

1 Does not wisdom call out?
Does not understanding raise her voice?
2 On the heights along the way,
where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
3 beside the gates leading into the city,
at the entrances, she cries aloud:
4 “To you, O men, I call out;
I raise my voice to all mankind.
5 You who are simple, gain prudence;
you who are foolish, gain understanding.
6 Listen, for I have worthy things to say;
I open my lips to speak what is right.
7 My mouth speaks what is true,
for my lips detest wickedness.
8 All the words of my mouth are just;
none of them is crooked or perverse.
9 To the discerning all of them are right;
they are faultless to those who have knowledge.
10 Choose my instruction instead of silver,
knowledge rather than choice gold,
11 for wisdom is more precious than rubies,
and nothing you desire can compare with her.
12 “I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence;
I possess knowledge and discretion.
13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil;
I hate pride and arrogance,
evil behavior and perverse speech.
14 Counsel and sound judgment are mine;
I have understanding and power.
15 By me kings reign
and rulers make laws that are just;
16 by me princes govern,
and all nobles who rule on earth.
17 I love those who love me,
and those who seek me find me.
18 With me are riches and honor,
enduring wealth and prosperity.
19 My fruit is better than fine gold;
what I yield surpasses choice silver.
20 I walk in the way of righteousness,
along the paths of justice,
21 bestowing wealth on those who love me
and making their treasuries full.

The Eternity of Wisdom

22 “The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works,
before his deeds of old;
23 I was appointed from eternity,
from the beginning, before the world began.
24 When there were no oceans, I was given birth,
when there were no springs abounding with water;
25 before the mountains were settled in place,
before the hills, I was given birth,
26 before he made the earth or its fields
or any of the dust of the world.
27 I was there when he set the heavens in place,
when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,
28 when he established the clouds above
and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,
29 when he gave the sea its boundary
so the waters would not overstep his command,
and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.
30 Then I was the craftsman at his side.
I was filled with delight day after day,
rejoicing always in his presence,
31 rejoicing in his whole world
and delighting in mankind.

The Blessings of Wisdom

32 “Now then, my sons, listen to me;
blessed are those who keep my ways.
33 Listen to my instruction and be wise;
do not ignore it.
34 Blessed is the man who listens to me,
watching daily at my doors,
waiting at my doorway.
35 For whoever finds me finds life
and receives favor from the LORD.
36 But whoever fails to find me harms himself;
all who hate me love death.”

*** Just Warn Me About My SOUL ***

Although you know I’m homeless,
need shelter from the cold.
Don’t give me a coat and bag of food,
just warn me about my soul.

Now time is moving swiftly,
growing feeble weak and old.
The shelter I need is in His arms,
just warn me about my soul.

For if my soul’s in danger,
that’s something I must be told.
Don’t fill my plate with food and drink,
just warn me about my soul.

You see I’m in an emergency,
and sin has taken its toll.
It’s spiritual food I need the most,
just warn me about my soul.

The thing I need you to feed me,
bread of life to make me whole.
My body dies but my spirit lives on,
just warn me about my soul.

Don’t try to give me money,
don’t need silver cash or gold.
If you really cared about my fate,
you’ll warn me about my soul.

You’ll tell me I’m spiritually dead,
I’m lost under Satan’s control.
You’ll tell me how Jesus died for me,
you’ll warn me about my soul.

You’ll tell me about His love,
good news you should never withhold.
Gave up His life just to save mine,
you’ll warn me about my soul.

You see I’m in spiritual trouble,
my life Satan easily could have stole.
The one’s I’ll love when I finally get home,
those who warned me about my soul.

For at my day of judgment,
I’ll stand at eternity’s threshold.
I’ll enter in as one of the flock,
I was warned about my soul.

My life will be everlasting,
a splendor that can’t be told.
A life I’d never have,
if not warned about my soul.

And now I’m a king in heaven,
I’ve finally reached my goal.
The thing I credit to my success,
was the warning about my soul.

 

© 2005 Terry Goss

 

GOD’S LIBRARY_OLD TESTAMENT_PART TWO

“MAN MUST LIVE, NOT ON BREAD ALONE,

BUT ON EVERY UTTERANCE COMING FORTH

THROUGH JEHOVAH’S MOUTH” (MATTHEW 4:4) – NWT

66 books of the BIBLE : ALL SCRIPTURES ARE INSPIRED BY GOD

PART TWO

LAMENTATIONS – A SEQUEL TO JEREMIAH’S PROPHECY WHOM

LAMENTED SORROWFULLY OVER THEIR RUINS OF THE HOLY CITY

AND THE SACRED TEMPLE WHICH HAD STOOD FOR OVER 400

YEARS. JEREMIAH WEPT IN SEPARATE POEMS IN LAMENTATIONS

REGARDING WHY GOD HAD PERMITTED THE FALL OF JERUSALEM.

IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE AND THEIR

REJECTION OF THE ONE TRUE GOD, JEHOVAH.

EZEKIEL – PROPHET EZEKIEL APPOINTED BY GOD TO PREACHED

CAREFULLY CONTRIVED PROPHECIES REGARDING DOWNFALL

OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM; JUDGMENTS UPON NATIONS WHO

SEEK TO DESTROY HIS PEOPLE; THE FINAL CALL AT THAT TIME

FOR THE REPENTANCE OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND LASTLY,

THE GLORIOUS RESTORATION OF ISRAEL.

DANIEL – DURING THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY OF THE JEWS,

DANIEL AND HIS 3 FRIENDS [Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego]

HAVE DISPLAYED THEIR FEARLESS LOYALTY TO THE ONE FAITH

IN ONE TRUE GOD, JEHOVAH, OF THEIR FOREFATHERS AND

ALSO THEIR ADVANCEMENT INTO THE REALMS OF ROYAL FAVOR.

DANIEL INTERPRETED KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S DREAM AND

THE SYMBOLIC VISIONS THAT PORTENDS THE FOUR SUCCESSIVE

EMPIRES OF THE WORLD : BABYLON, PERSIA, GREECE AND ROME.

THE LAST EMPIRE WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY THE COMING OF THE

KINGDOM OF GOD.

HOSEA – A PROPHET OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM OF ISRAEL

CALLED REPENTANCE FROM THEM AS HE FORESAW THE DOOM

THAT WERE TO BEFALL THEM IF THEY CONTINUED IN THEIR

SINS. THE REBELLIOUSNESS OF THE CHOSEN ONES WITH

THEIR UNGRATEFULNESS SOUGHT HELP FROM THE ASSYRIANS

AND THE EGYPTIANS RATHER FROM THE ONE TRUE GOD,

JEHOVAH, WHO HAD BEEN SHOWING THEM HIS LOVING

KINDNESS AND MERCY TIME AND TIME AGAIN. HOSEA ALSO

FORETOLD ABOUT THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH, JESUS CHRIST,

700 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.

JOEL – A SYMBOLIC VISION FROM JOEL AS HE WARNED JUDAH

AND ISRAEL REGARDING THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS AND SEVERE

FAMINE OF THE LAND IF THEY DO NOT REPENT.  JOEL PLEADED

WITH THEM TO HUMBLE THEMSELVES BEFORE THE GREAT LORD

GOD JEHOVAH AND TO ASKED FOR HIS FORGIVENESS THROUGH

FASTING AND PRAYERS.  JOEL WAS PROSNOSTICATING OF THE

COMING OF THE “DAY OF THE LORD” WHICH GOD WILL SMITE

ALL THOSE WITH A REBELLIOUS AND UNREPENTANT HEART AND

HIS JUDGMENT WILL BE HARSH AND SEVERE, THOROUGH AND

MOST CERTAIN!

AMOS – A SHEPHERD FROM TEKOA, A SMALL TOWN FROM JUDEA;

WHOSE NAME MEANT “BURDEN BEARER” WAS CALLED BY LORD

GOD WITH A MISSION TO SEND THE MESSAGE OF DOOM UPON

ISRAEL AND THE SURROUNDING NATIONS. THEIR PRACTICES

OF IDOLATRY, PAGAN WORSHIPS, GREED, OPPRESSION OF THE

NEEDY AND ALSO THEIR CONTINUAL NEGLECT OF GOD’S

WORDS IGNITED GOD’S WRATH UPON OTHER NATIONS AND

JUDAH BUT ISRAEL SUFFERED THE HARSHEST OF PUNISHMENTS;

MORE SEVERE BECAUSE OF THEIR DEPTH OF THEIR SINS. AMOS’S

CHASTISEMENTS  WENT UNHEEDED AND SO ISRAEL WERE

EXILED INTO CAPTIVITY.

OBADIAH – HIS NAME LITERALLY MEANS “SERVANT OF JEHOVAH”.

THIS BOOK IS THE SHORTEST OF PROPHETICAL WRITINGS IN

JUST ONE CHAPTER WHICH FORETOLD ON THE DOOM OF EDOM,

WHO ARE DESCENDANTS OF ESAU AND THE PROMISE OF

DELIVERANCE FOR ZION, JERUSALEM.

JONAH – A LIFE OF PERIL LIVED FOR THE RELUCTANT RUNAWAY

PROPHET FROM DUTY ORDAINED BY JEHOVAH GOD. HIS MISSION

WAS TO DELIVER A MESSAGE OF REPENTANCE TO THE PEOPLE OF

NINEVEH FROM DESTRUCTION IN FORTY DAYS.

MICAH – HIS NAME INJECTS A MIGHTY STATEMENT “WHO IS

LIKE JEHOVAH”. HE FORESAW THE INVASION FROM FOREIGNERS,

THE DISPERSION OF THE ISRAELITES FOR THEIR SINS AND THE

INEVITABLE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM BUT THE MOST

SIGNIFICANT OF ALL IS THAT HE IS THE ONLY PROPHET WHO

FORETOLD ABOUT THE BIRTH OF CHRIST IN BETHLEHEM [5:2]

NAHUM – A NATIVE OF GALILEE WITH A NAME “COMFORTER”

TO HIS CREDIT.  NAHUM’S PROPHECY WAS UNLIKE JONAH

WHICH WAS THE CERTAINTY OF DOOM FOR THE CORRUPT

PEOPLE OF NINEVEH WHOM HAD RETURNED TO THEIR SINFUL

WAYS. APART FROM NINEVEH, HE FORESAW JUDAH’S FUTURE

DELIVERANCE.

HABAKKUK – A PROPHET WHOSE NAME GOES BY “ONE WHO

EMBRACES” LIVED 600 YEARS BEFORE CHRIST IN TIMES

WHERE THE CHALDEANS CONQUERED NINEVEH OF THE

ASSYRIAN EMPIRE. THE “WHY” PROPHET WITH HIS

EXPECTANT  REPLY FROM HIS SINCERE PRAYER TO

JEHOVAH; LEARNT THAT WE NEEDED TO TRUST IN GOD

IMPLICITLY AND ALSO THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL LIVE BY

HIS OWN FAITH IN THE ONE TRUE GOD JEHOVAH.

ZEPHANIAH – HE PROPHESIED DURING THE REIGN OF KING

JOSIAH AND WHOSE NAME MEANS ‘DEFENDED BY JEHOVAH”.

HE FORETOLD OF UNIVERSAL JUDGMENT AND DIVINE WRATH

TO FALL UPON ALL NATIONS INCLUDING JUDAH TOO IF ALL

DEFY GOD’S LAW. ZEPHANIAH PLACED EMPHASIS ON SPIRITUAL

WORSHIP AND PREACHED THAT WORSHIP TOWARDS GOD NEED

NOT BE A PHYSICAL SANCTITY BUT IN THE QUIET SOLITUDE

OF OUR HEARTS. HE FURTHER STRESSED ON GOD’S SALVATION

AND JUDGMENT FOR MANKIND, AND ALSO THE PROMISES OF

NEW HEAVENS AND EARTH.

HAGGAI – THOUGH HE PROPHESIED FOR ONLY A SHORT TIME;

HAGGAI WHOSE NAME MEANS “MY FEAST” WAS THE FIRST

VOICE TO BE HEARD AFTER THE EXILE; HE RICOCHETED STERN

REPROOFS TO THE RESTORED PEOPLE OF GOD. HE TOLD THEM

OF THEIR DUTY TO RESTORE AND REBUILD GOD’S HOUSE OF

WORSHIP, THE TEMPLE, WHICH WAS BUILT BY KING SOLOMON

AND DESTROYED BY INVADERS. ZERUBBABEL, GOVERNOR OF

JERUSALEM AND JOSHUA, THE HIGH PRIEST AND THE PEOPLE

SET UPON THAT ENORMOUS TASK BUT WAS DISCOURAGED

EASILY. HAGGAI PIPED IN AND ENCOURAGED THEM THAT

GOD WAS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES AND JEHOVAH

WILL BLESS JERUSALEM WITH A MUCH GREATER TEMPLE

ARRAYED SPLENDOR AND GLORY.

ZECHARIAH – “JEHOVAH REMEMBERS” IS THE MEANING OF

HIS GIVEN NAME. HE JOINED HAGGAI IN AROUSING AND

ENCOURAGING THE RETURNED CAPTIVES IN BUILDING

THE SANCTUARY OF JEHOVAH GOD. THE TEMPLE WAS

FINALLY BUILT IN FOUR YEARS AND DEDICATED TO GOD.

HIS PROPHESIES LOOKED FAR BEYOND INTO THE FUTURE,

TO THE COMING OF OUR MESSIAH AND THE DAWN OF A

BETTER AND BRIGHTER TOMORROW.

MALACHI – THE LAST MINOR PROPHET OF THE OLD

TESTAMENT AND HIS NAME BEARS “MY MESSENGER”.

HE REBUKES THE SINS AND FOLLIES OF THE JEWS. HE

PREDICTED THE PREPARATION OF HIS WAY [MESSIAH]

BY JOHN THE BAPTIST. HE ALSO REPROVED NEGLECTFUL

PRIESTS AND WARNS STERNLY ABOUT THE JUDGMENT

TO COME UPON THE NATION THAT HAD TURNED BACK TO

SINFUL WAYS AFTER BEING PROVIDENTIALLY RETURNED

FROM EXILED IN CAPTIVITY.

*keziah boey*

Is there LIFE after Death?

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“From dust we are formed and so to dust shall we return;
Yet we prolong our fate of death for it is everlasting life we yearn.”

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Adam and Eve banished by God from Garden of Eden

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Humanity suffers eternal damnation from sins of Adam and Eve; a bad decision

on account of the influential sweet-talking-promising-the-world Devil aka Satan.

Eve’s weakness on juicy temptations clearly signifies how we as humans make

poor judgment most of the time and suffer the ramifications of our choice for

a long time. Men must always remember and take note also that women are

powerfully innocent creatures by subtle ways of influence because Eve by

persuasion alone has gotten Adam to sin as well with a forever-stuck-proof

of an “Adam’s apple” and eternally laboring for needs and wants.

By disobeying God and listening to smooth-oiled words of Satan, they chose

the tree of knowledge rather than the tree of life and humanity has been

sweating and toiling their fruits of disobedience till now and still will

go on infinitely. The irony of it is that mankind with their expansive

knowledge haven’t a clue where the elixir of eternal life lies; they with

their arrogant ways attempt and endeavor on all sorts of variety of cures

of magical wonder drug to delay and prolong a mortal soul; which in fact

God had already set in motion a plan to grant humans an everlasting life

to begin with. This was a gift given freely by God Himself when He first

created Mankind. And that gift had charred and went up in smoke; just

by two souls who weren’t strong enough to resist temptation and their

disobedience to God’s commands.

So, at the end of everyone’s journey on earth, one still die and sleep in

one’s grave till ‘the way to eternal life’ Jesus Christ comes the

second time around. When we die, our body and soul dies in sleep

but our spirit is taken back by God. Some of us will be resurrected

to everlasting immortal life and some will be to eternal damnation

and extermination, come God’s judgment day; that is the

Day of Jehovah, the Day of the Wrath of GOD.

There is life following death after all, and that is the transformation

from a mortal and bodily soul to an immortal spiritual one on condition

that we accept Jesus Christ as our Messiah and also acknowledging

him as the son of God. Jesus is the only one and true way, the elixir

of life to Jehovah God and without him as our redeemer, mankind

and their unrepentant evil wicked ways will cease to exist.

We cannot be reconciled with God if not for the intervention of Jesus

on our behalf; a Mediator and Savior for our lives.

I am the Light and the Way to GOD and Eternal Life ...

“BELIEVE IN ME AND ALSO BELIEVE IN HIM WHO SENT ME;

FOR YOU SHALL GAIN EVERLASTING LIFE.

ANYONE THIRSTING, COME FOLLOW ME

AND I SHALL TAKE YOU TO MY FATHER’S HOUSE

AND TO THE RIVER OF WATER OF LIFE

FOR IT IS FREE TO ANYONE WHO WISHES TO DRINK FROM IT.”

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© keziah boey 13th June 2008